Originally Posted By: Bill D.
Nice! I'm guessing that the 1023 will be generating more heat than the 3 replaced diaphragm pumps? What are you doing for ventilation?


It definitely heats the air more as it compresses. The vinyl hose coming out of the pump I am thinking about replacing with heater hose or at least EDPM because the hose gets so hot.

The small building has a 12" or so louvered vent on each end and I have insulation in the top lid to keep the sun from heating the metal shed up. But I have considered putting a 6" muffin fan attached to one of the vents to force air through the building. I'll monitor it as it gets hotter weather and see how hot the shed gets. The pump motor is thermal protected but it is not good to run them right at their heat limit.

It is noisier than the linear pumps but not horribly so. My daughter is building a small house about 50' away from the pump house. I'll try to time the pump usage so she is at work and when she is home sitting on her porch the pumps will be off.

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John

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